Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails Read More »
History
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) Ennio De Concini, Alec Guinness, Simon Ward, Adolfo Celi
A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler’s final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun. Read More »
Ivanhoe (1952) Richard Thorpe, Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine
In the centre of this Walter Scott classic fiction inspired film the chivalrousness and the daring stand. Read More »
Karin Mansdotter (1954) Alf Sjöberg, Ulla Jacobsson, Jarl Kulle, Ulf Palme
The movie starts with a silent section of slapsticks in BLUE and white and with piano music, giving an outline of Karin’s rise and fall. Read More »
Delusions of Grandeur (1971) Gérard Oury, Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch
Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Read More »
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) Franco Zeffirelli, Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson
This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare. Read More »
Cabiria (1914) Giovanni Pastrone, Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta, Bartolomeo Pagano
Three centuries before Christus. Young Cabiria is kidnapped by some pirates during one eruption of the Etna. Read More »
Serpent of the Nile (1953) William Castle, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr
In 44 BC, after the assassination of the leader of Rome Julius Caesar, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and one of the highest ranking Roman generals Read More »
Quo Vadis (1951) Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann, Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn
Returning to Rome after three years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her, though as a Christian she wants nothing to do with a warrior. Read More »
In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) Edward S. Curtis, Stanley Hunt, Sarah Constance Smith Hunt, Mrs. George Walkus
In 1911, as part of his massive undertaking, famed Northwest photographer Edward S. Curtis travelled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to visit the Kwakwaka’wakw. Read More »